21 APRIL 2012, AT 7 PM
Michel Banabila (born in Amsterdam in 1961) is a sound artist, composer, and producer. Banabila's career kicked off with his album VoizNoiz (2000), which received international critical acclaim. He worked in Holland, Poland, South Africa, Russia, Japan, Spain and Belgium. Banabila has produced musical scores for numerous films, documentaries, theatre plays and choreographies. His music is cinematic and atmospheric.
Banabila is especially keen on mixing disciplines and music styles, using elements and influences from jazz, electronic music, classical and world music. Therefore there is no particular genre to categorize Banabila's music. In addition to acoustic instrumentation, Banabila uses electronics, field recordings, and recordings from radio, television and film. He collaborated with many different types of artists like Mete Erker, Anton Goudsmit, Holger Czukay, Robin Rimbaud, Sandhya Sanjana, Erkan Ogur, Joshua Samson and Yasar Saka, among others.
The concert is organized within the framework of Art & Science Meeting project.
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